In the Loop

Director: Armando Iannucci

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226774/

Review: Very funny and perfectly woven & paced creating a complex but followable story.

Rent it if: You're not offended by foul language.

And if you liked: The Inbetweeners, Four Lions, Wall Street

Check this out: The Thick of It

An Education

Director: Lone Scherfig

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1174732/

Review: A gripping, perfectly performed and sublimely shot film that falls slightly short at the end but shouldn't be written off for it.

Rent it if: You want to see Peter Sarsgaard's quite impressive English accent.

And if you liked: Manhattan, Cemetery Junction

Infernal Affairs

Director: Wai-keung Lau & Alan Mak

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338564/

Review: Very stylish with a great story and some beautiful shots.

Rent it if: You want to see the origins of The Departed

And if you liked: The Departed, Old Boy, The Dark Knight

The Killer Inside Me (2010)

Director: Michael Winterbottom

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0954947/

Review: Interesting tone with very disturbing moments but oddly paced.

Go see it if: You're not sensitive to serious violence.

And if you liked: No Country for Old Men, Blood Simple, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Psycho

Check this out: The Killer Inside Me